Texas shoppers get a break from state and local sales taxes on August 20, 21 and 22 - the state's annual tax holiday. Layaway plans can be used again this year to take advantage of the sales tax holiday. More...

MCALLEN - Damage to public and private properties in two of the counties most affected by flooding of the Rio Grande is estimated at $40 million and counting, according to public officials in Starr and Hidalgo counties. More...

A Service Provided by Plains Cotton Cooperative Association July 29, 2010

Cotton prices on the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) rose Thursday as export sales data indicated continued strong demand for the developing U.S. cotton crop was taking the earliest available supplies off the market. More...

Roderick David (Dave) MacAllister, age 70, died July 31, 2010 in Escondido, CA. He was born on October 13, 1939, in Rensselaer, IN, to Roderick Malcom MacAllister and Bethal Irene (Gilman) MacAllister. More...

We think of you in silence, make no outward show, but what it meant to lose you no one will ever know. To some you are forgotten, to others a part of the past, but to us who loved you dearly, your memories will always last. More...

The 132nd Annual Training Conference for the Sheriff’s Association of Texas is now history. It will go down as one of the largest conferences ever held. The numbers were high this year as well with 193 Sheriffs present. More...

Nearly 130 years ago this month, a larger than life figure with a colorful past and an unorthodox set of principles became the first justice of the peace to serve in the lawless country between the Pecos and Rio Grande. More...

AUSTIN- Texas hunters can anticipate good numbers of dove as ample rainfall across most of the state has set the stage for the upcoming Sept. 1 season opener, according to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. More...